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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 350.

House of Good and Evil (2013)

Horror, Psychological horror, Psychological Thriller

Maggie Conley has a miscarriage after an argument with her husband, Chris, turns physical. To save their marriage, they move to a large house in rural Virginia. They are met by a real estate agent, Rob Bradley, who explains that the house has been converted into a duplex.

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Dark Signal (2016)

Ghost, thriller film

A serial killer stalks young women in Northern Wales. Known as the Wedlock Killer, he chops off a finger before brutally murdering his victims. Amid reports of a new victim, Laurie Wolf, a radio DJ, becomes bitter when her local radio program is cancelled and she has trouble finding a new job.

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Deadly Desire (1991)

thriller film

Frank Decker (Scalia) is an ex-Los Angeles policeman now partnered in a private security firm in San Diego. During the course of his job, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Angela (Harrold) who's unhappily married to the rich and dangerous Giles Menteer (Patton). The complications which result from this "triangle" follow a pattern reminiscent of Double Indemnity and Body Heat.

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Intent to Kill (1958)

thriller film

Having survived an assassination attempt, Juan Menda, president of an unspecified South American country, is moved to Montreal under a false name for treatment of a potentially fatal cranial blood clot. His political opponents have got wind of his whereabouts and hire a trio of Canadian hitmen to finish the job. Menda's aide Francisco is also in town, and unknown to Menda he is actually a prime-mover in the assassination plot, keeping close to Menda while duplicitously passing on information to the would-be killers.

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Effigie – Das Gift und die Stadt (2019)

Historie, thriller film

1828 in the German port city of Bremen: Young Cato Böhmer arrives to take up her new position as a city clerk, assisting investigating judge Senator Droste at the criminal court. She strives to become an attorney – at a time when women aren't even admitted to universities. As the duo investigates an alleged poison attack reported by master miller Steitz, they encounter Gesche Gottfried, a suave and attractive widow known for her philanthropic attitude.

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Altered Species (2001)

Animal horror, Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film

Schultz, a scientist searching for a way to end cancer, creates a green substance. While the experiment's results look promising as it can "hunt and destroy" cancer cells, he loses his funding and must shut the lab down. His assistant, Walter, gets rid of the green substance by pouring it down the sink.

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Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)

Psychological Thriller, thriller film

Washed up actor Charles Freeman, former wrestling champion Rocco (Jake LaMotta), and drug dealer Buddy are approached by wealthy beatnik Virginia Marcus. Virginia notes that each of them has been acquitted of murder and offers them $100,000 if they can survive being hunted by her for 24 hours through the streets of Manhattan. Each of them agree and are given a check post-dated to the next day before leaving the building.

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The Borgia Stick (1967)

Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, thriller film

A typical suburban couple are actually working for the Mob. Tom Harrison (Don Murray) runs a company manufacturing toys, but in reality he travels the country secretly acquiring companies in order to launder the tremendous profits of The Syndicate. His picture perfect wife, Eve (Inger Stevens), is an ex hooker/junkie who was assigned to him for "cover".

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The Collective (2008)

Horror

Tyler Clarke receives a cryptic voice-mail from her sister Jessica pleading for help but giving no explanation of the trouble she is in. Tyler makes several attempts to call her sister but to no avail. In a moment of desperation, she takes the red-eye to New York to find Jessica.

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Chaindance (1991)

Drama, thriller film

The film is based on Alan Aylward's work with physically disabled children as a recreational therapist at a residential chronic care centre in Toronto from 1974 to 1980. The original script suggested Nick Nolte as Blake and John Hurt as Johnnie . Hurt Nolte's agent wanted a few million dollars for a retainer which Aylward couldn't muster in his life.

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Straight Shooter (1999)

Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, Drama, Family Drama

An ex-member of the French Foreign Legion holds the German government responsible for the death of his family and goes on a killing spree to stop the operation of a nuclear plant. The police are helpless and so the ex-instructor of the killer is brought to Germany to hunt the killer down.

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Target of an Assassin (1978)

thriller film

The film is set in a South African hospital. Top-billed Anthony Quinn plays a male nurse, Hobday, assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela), who escaped an assassination attempt on the day he arrived in South Africa for an official visit. With many threats against his well-being, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock.

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Shook (2021)

Horror, thriller film

When Mia, a social media influencer, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real? Or is it just a game at her expense?

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Avalanche (1994)

thriller film

A father (Gross) and his two children (Milligan, Ferguson) take a trip up to a log cabin in the mountains. Duncan (Hasselhoff) is a diamonds smuggler who unintentionally crashes his plane causing an avalanche that traps the family inside their cabin. He is rescued by the family.

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Five Desperate Women (1971)

thriller film

A violent inmate, whose face is not shown, escapes from a state mental facility. He makes his way to a private beach, drowns a man relaxing on the shore, and steals his work uniform. Five young women reunite, they are having their five-year college reunion at an exclusive cottage on an isolated island that does not have phone contact with the mainland.

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True North (2006)

Destiny

The film begins showing a group of farmers from China's Fujian province speaking to a Snakehead (a smuggler of people), telling him the false stories they will use for sympathy in the West. The Providence, a Scottish fishing trawler from Peterhead, lands at the docks in Ostend, Belgium where all of the crew but the Skipper (Lewis) debark. His son, Seán (Compston), the ship's crewman, Riley (Mullan), and the cook (Robertson) then go to an all-night café before splitting up; Seán phones and goes to meet a contact, Riley visits a local brothel and the cook remains at the café.

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Solo (2013)

thriller film

Gillian (Annie Clark) is a teenager who reluctantly takes a job as a camp counselor at a summer camp. Before she can take the job, Gillian is informed that she must prove her survival skills at a nearby island on the camp's property which is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a former camper. She's reassured that it's safe, but is put on edge when she comes across Ray (Daniel Kash), a local man who claims that Gillian had sent out a distress call.

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